# Replication Package for Relaxing electoral constraints in local education funding
# Authors: Michel Grosz (mgrosz@ftc.gov) and Ross Milton (rtmilton@wisc.edu)
# This replication package contains all the necessary files and instructions to replicate the results presented in the paper and appendix.

## Contents

- 'analysis.do': Stata script that performs the analysis.
- `data/`: Directory containing the datasets used in the study.
	-'data/cedapanel.dta': Panel dataset of governments by year including government characteristics and referendums and outcomes from data sources described in the text.
	-'data/cedarefs.dta': Dataset of referendums from data sources described in the text.
	-'data/cens2000pov_cc.dta': Census poverty estimates by community college district.
	-'data/cens2000pov_city.dta': Census poverty estimates by city.
	-'data/cens2000pov_county.dta': Census poverty estimates by county.
	-'data/cens2000pov_k12.dta': Census poverty estimates by K-12 district.
	-'data/censusfinance.dta': Contains school district finance data from Census/NCSE F33 survey data.
- `output/`: Directory that output files are saved in by the script.
	-'output/saved': Directory that intermediate output files are saved in by the script.
- `README.txt`: This file, providing an overview and instructions for replication.

## Requirements
- Software: Stata
- Stata Packages: estout, reghdfe

## Instructions

3. **Running the Scripts**
- Open Stata
- Set Stata's working directory to the root directly of the replication package. 
- Run 'do prog/analysis.do' to run the analysis script.

4. **Generating Results**
- All tables and figures will be saved in the `output/` directory.
